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as of 07/15 07:19 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 41,376

Calls: 35,685 (86%)

Puts: 5,691 (14%)

Prior (07/14) 21,927

Calls: 18,192 (83%)

Puts: 3,735 (17%)

Current vs Prior +88.70%

Calls: +96.16% (Calls)

Puts: +52.37% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 321,222

Calls: 263,443 (82%)

Puts: 57,779 (18%)

Prior 7-Day Average 45,888

Calls: 37,634 (82%)

Puts: 8,254 (18%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.83%

Calls: -5.18%

Puts: -31.05%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15) $2.39M

Calls: $842.6K (35%)

Puts: $1.55M (65%)

Prior (07/14) $1.85M

Calls: $653.1K (35%)

Puts: $1.20M (65%)

Current vs Prior +28.94%

Calls: +29.01%

Puts: +28.90%

Prior 7-Day Total $20.45M

Calls: $10.49M (51%)

Puts: $9.96M (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.92M

Calls: $1.50M (51%)

Puts: $1.42M (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.12%

Calls: -43.77%

Puts: +8.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 0.16

Prior (07/14) 0.21

Current vs Prior -22.32%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.25

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 163,388

Calls: 117,597 (72%)

Puts: 45,791 (28%)

Prior (07/14) 167,496

Calls: 116,442 (70%)

Puts: 51,054 (30%)

Current vs Prior -2.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,208,857

Calls: 857,821 (71%)

Puts: 351,036 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 172,693

Calls: 122,545 (71%)

Puts: 50,148 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -5.39%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 6.14% | 6.09%6.14% | 15.01%

Prior 6.32% | 7.07%6.32% | 18.13%

Current vs Prior -2.90% | -13.80%-2.90% | -17.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.37% | 7.92%7.52% | 18.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +14.32% | -23.06%-18.42% | -18.41%

Prior 7-Day Eod 6.32% | 7.07%6.32% | 18.13%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -2.90% | -13.80%-2.90% | -17.20%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Prior 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 78.77% | 16.09%

Calls: 121.43% | 15.25%

Puts: 36.11% | 16.92%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

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Moderately bearish flow with 65% put dollar volume ($1.55M). Above-average activity with volume up 89% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.16 - heavy call buying (35,685 calls vs 5,691 puts). P/C ratio dropping 22% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 1 of results (avg 9.4%, best 9.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.50	Jul 24	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	525	0.35	1.3K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.50	Jul 24	0.30	0.33	$0.32	9.4%	525	0.35	1.3K
$21.00	Jul 24	0.45	0.50	$0.48	10.4%	357	0.48	60
$21.50	Jul 31	0.54	0.60	$0.57	10.5%	89	0.40	72
$20.50	Jul 24	0.65	0.76	$0.71	15.5%	21	0.64	108

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.00	Jul 31	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	11	0.51	313

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 54 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$18.00	Jul 17	2.63	3.80	$3.22	36.3%	2	0.99	23
$17.00	Jul 17	3.75	4.80	$4.28	24.5%	2	0.99	48
$19.00	Jul 17	1.79	1.99	$1.89	10.6%	134	0.99	6
$18.00	Jul 31	2.65	3.60	$3.13	30.4%	2	0.96	--
$20.00	Jul 17	0.85	1.05	$0.95	21.1%	80	0.96	289

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$23.50	Jul 17	2.07	2.79	$2.43	29.6%	21	1.00	44
$25.00	Jul 17	3.90	4.60	$4.25	16.5%	10	1.00	779
$23.00	Jul 17	1.84	2.20	$2.02	17.8%	96	0.98	605
$22.50	Jul 17	1.48	1.80	$1.64	19.5%	44	0.95	291
$24.00	Jul 17	2.88	4.15	$3.52	36.1%	10	0.95	1.2K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 123 active (total vol 23.7K, top 7.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$22.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.07	$0.06	33.3%	7.2K	0.13	10.6K
$24.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.27	$0.14	192.9%	3.3K	0.12	1.7K
$22.00	Jul 24	0.14	0.26	$0.20	60.0%	1.2K	0.24	1.6K
$21.00	Jul 17	0.19	0.28	$0.24	37.5%	1.2K	0.45	1.9K
$22.50	Jul 17	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	822	0.08	15.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$21.00	Jul 17	0.28	0.37	$0.33	27.3%	1.1K	0.56	3.3K
$20.50	Jul 24	0.26	0.33	$0.30	23.3%	316	0.36	320
$22.00	Jul 17	0.92	1.25	$1.09	30.3%	273	0.90	2.8K
$20.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	233	0.05	1.5K
$20.50	Jul 31	0.32	0.78	$0.55	83.6%	208	0.41	839

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 55.5%, max 137.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$24.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	166.3%	70.0%	137.5%	21	1.6K
$18.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	90.7%	46.9%	93.5%	3	24
$24.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	121.8%	67.2%	81.2%	409	7.1K
$25.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	114.1%	74.0%	54.2%	67	7.8K
$23.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	89.3%	61.2%	45.9%	106	3.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$24.50	Jul 17	Aug 28	166.3%	73.0%	127.9%	9	122
$25.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	114.1%	74.0%	54.2%	12	779
$22.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	71.7%	53.4%	34.3%	54	291
$23.50	Jul 17	Aug 7	89.3%	68.8%	29.8%	22	44
$23.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	79.2%	61.7%	28.3%	108	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 52 found (best R:R 7.33, avg 2.40)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$23.00	$24.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$0.88	$0.12	7.33	$23.12
$23.00	$24.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$23.14
$21.00	$22.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$0.86	$0.14	6.14	$21.14
$22.00	$25.00	Aug 14	$0.44	$2.56	$0.44	5.82	$22.44
$21.00	$22.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$0.82	$0.18	4.56	$21.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$19.00	$18.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$18.87
$19.00	$18.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$0.81	$0.19	4.26	$18.81
$20.00	$19.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$19.90
$20.00	$19.50	Jul 31	$0.11	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$19.89
$17.50	$17.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$0.37	$0.13	2.85	$17.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 67 found (best R:R 8.26, avg 1.37)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$17.50	$20.00	Aug 14	$2.23	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$19.73
$18.00	$19.00	Aug 21	$0.79	$0.79	$0.21	3.76	$18.79
$20.00	$21.00	Jul 17	$0.71	$0.71	$0.29	2.45	$20.71
$19.00	$20.00	Jul 31	$0.69	$0.69	$0.31	2.23	$19.69
$20.00	$20.50	Jul 24	$0.34	$0.34	$0.16	2.13	$20.34

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$25.00	$23.50	Aug 7	$1.30	$1.30	$0.20	6.50	$23.70
$24.50	$20.50	Aug 28	$3.24	$3.24	$0.76	4.26	$21.26
$21.50	$21.00	Jul 24	$0.40	$0.40	$0.10	4.00	$21.10
$22.00	$21.00	Aug 21	$0.80	$0.80	$0.20	4.00	$21.20
$22.00	$21.00	Jul 17	$0.76	$0.76	$0.24	3.17	$21.24

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 19 found (avg debit $0.19, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$23.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	89.3%	61.0%
$24.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	121.8%	72.5%
$20.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	36.4%	35.5%
$23.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.11	79.2%	56.5%
$22.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.14	61.5%	44.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$19.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.08	31.2%	32.8%
$22.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	71.7%	52.8%
$20.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	36.4%	35.5%
$22.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.18	61.5%	44.7%
$23.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.21	79.2%	56.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 45 found (cheapest 2.73% of stock, avg 12.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$21.00	Jul 17	$0.24	$0.33	$0.57	$20.43	$21.57	2.73%
$20.00	Jul 17	$0.95	$0.01	$0.96	$19.04	$20.96	4.60%
$20.50	Jul 24	$0.71	$0.30	$1.01	$19.49	$21.51	4.84%
$21.00	Jul 24	$0.48	$0.56	$1.04	$19.96	$22.04	4.99%
$22.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$1.09	$1.15	$20.85	$23.15	5.52%
$20.00	Jul 24	$1.05	$0.14	$1.19	$18.81	$21.19	5.71%
$21.50	Jul 24	$0.32	$0.96	$1.28	$20.22	$22.78	6.14%
$22.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$1.27	$1.47	$20.53	$23.47	7.05%
$20.50	Jul 31	$0.95	$0.55	$1.50	$19.00	$22.00	7.19%
$20.00	Jul 31	$1.28	$0.23	$1.51	$18.49	$21.51	7.24%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 88 found (cheapest 0.86% of stock, avg 5.16%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$23.00	$19.50	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.04	$0.18	$19.32	$23.18
$23.00	$19.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.06	$0.20	$18.80	$23.20
$22.50	$19.50	Jul 24	$0.18	$0.04	$0.22	$19.28	$22.72
$22.00	$19.50	Jul 24	$0.20	$0.04	$0.24	$19.26	$22.24
$22.50	$19.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$0.06	$0.24	$18.76	$22.74
$22.00	$19.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$0.06	$0.26	$18.74	$22.26
$23.00	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.14	$0.14	$0.28	$19.72	$23.28
$22.50	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$0.14	$0.32	$19.68	$22.82
$22.00	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$0.14	$0.34	$19.66	$22.34
$21.50	$19.50	Jul 24	$0.32	$0.04	$0.36	$19.14	$21.86

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 43 found (best R:R 6.69, avg credit $0.55)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
21/22	24/25	Jul 17	$0.87	$0.13	6.69	$21.13	$25.37
19/20	22/23	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$19.15	$22.85
20/21	22/23	Aug 21	$0.85	$0.15	5.67	$20.15	$22.85
19/20	20/21	Aug 28	$0.83	$0.17	4.88	$19.17	$21.33
20/21	22/22	Jul 31	$0.39	$0.11	3.55	$20.61	$21.89
20/21	22/22	Jul 24	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$20.62	$21.88
20/21	22/22	Jul 31	$0.38	$0.12	3.17	$20.62	$22.38
19/20	21/22	Aug 21	$0.76	$0.24	3.17	$19.24	$21.76
20/20	20/21	Jul 31	$0.35	$0.15	2.33	$19.65	$20.85
19/20	21/22	Aug 28	$0.70	$0.30	2.33	$19.30	$21.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 34 found (best R:R 7.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$23.00	$23.50	$24.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$20.50	$21.00	$21.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$0.43	6.14
$23.00	$24.00	$25.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$0.86	6.14
$20.00	$20.50	$21.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.41	4.56
$23.00	$23.50	$24.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$0.41	4.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$19.50	$20.00	$20.50	Jul 24	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$21.50	$22.00	$22.50	Jul 31	$0.06	$0.44	7.33
$20.00	$20.50	$21.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$0.40	4.00
$19.00	$19.50	$20.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$0.38	3.17
$22.50	$23.00	$23.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$0.38	3.17

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 64 found (best net $-0.06, 50 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$22.00	$25.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$2.94
$22.00	$25.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.13	$2.87
$23.00	$24.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.21	$0.79
$24.00	$25.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.35	$0.65
$20.00	$21.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.48	$0.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$20.00	$19.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.06	$0.94
$19.00	$18.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.09	$0.91
$19.00	$18.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.33	$0.67
$21.00	$20.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.35	$0.65
$18.50	$17.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.43	$0.57

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 30 found (best yield 6.76%, avg 2.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$21.00	Aug 28	$1.41	0.53	0.7%	6.76%	7.48%	93	14
$21.00	Aug 21	$1.32	0.54	0.7%	6.33%	7.05%	126	50
$22.00	Aug 28	$1.31	0.46	5.5%	6.28%	11.80%	37	278
$22.00	Aug 21	$1.10	0.45	5.5%	5.28%	10.79%	311	881
$21.00	Aug 14	$1.05	0.52	0.7%	5.04%	5.76%	9	4
$21.00	Aug 7	$0.75	0.49	0.7%	3.60%	4.32%	11	210
$25.00	Aug 28	$0.73	0.28	19.9%	3.50%	23.41%	5	10
$23.00	Aug 21	$0.71	0.36	10.3%	3.41%	13.72%	96	377
$24.00	Aug 21	$0.66	0.30	15.1%	3.17%	18.27%	22	1.5K
$21.50	Aug 14	$0.65	0.46	3.1%	3.12%	6.24%	6	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 35,685

Total Puts 5,691

Put/Call Ratio 0.16

Net Difference 29,994

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,192

Total Puts 3,735

Put/Call Ratio 0.21

Net Difference 14,457

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 263,443

Total Puts 57,779

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.25

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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